Author: The Maine Monitor
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Since taking office, President Donald Trump has signed dozens of executive orders that attempt to curtail federal funding streams and reshape everything from education policy to birthright citizenship. The legal responses have been swift, as Maine and other states turn to the courts to fight the changes. On April 7, Maine filed its first solo…